ANTH 316gm Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Init
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Vatican already had a observer status at un (can do everything but vote: sit in on meetings) Indigenous people wanted to do the same, today they have one representative that is observer status. The indigenous representative comes from different groups, the. Indigenous groups have an even vote on who represents them globally. Idea of savages meant that they would not be able to integrate or coexist. Plains group held out for a long time against us history. Us poured a large amount of money into its military. Before the pueblos, they had long dealt with europeans since the 1540s. Continental railroad being built to consolidate us control over the area. Huge loss of native americas, by 1848 only about 150k in california. By 1861, the number of native americans drops down to 60k. They got rid of the spanish in the. Pueblo revolt, they were able to come together and mount an effective rebellion despite language barriers.
